Carlos Costa is Full Professor (Professor Catedrático), Head of the Department of Economics, Management Industrial Engineering and Tourism (DEGEIT) of the University of Aveiro. He has more than 25 years of academic and professional experience in Tourism and planning. He is the head of the Tourism Research Group of the Research Center in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP) and the leader of the PhD Tourism Programme of the University of Aveiro. He is also Editor of the Journal of Tourism & Development (Revista de Turismo e Desenvolvimento) and coordinator of the assessment and accreditation of the university tourism courses of the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES). Since 2008, he is the Scientific Coordinator of the “idtour-unique solutions” - tourism spin-off company (private sector) located in the University, responsible for the transference of knowledge and innovation to the tourism sector. Carlos is involved in a number of national and international tourism projects in the areas of Tourism Planning and Development, Policy and Strategies; Tourism Management; Tourism Innovation; Gender in Tourism and Education and research in tourism.